{"id":445227,"date":"2026-02-25T18:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/445227\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:20:09","slug":"doctor-foster-season-3-on-the-way-with-suranne-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/445227\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Doctor Foster’ Season 3 On the Way With Suranne Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSome good news for Doctor Foster<\/a> fans: The hit drama is set to return for a third and final season.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe BBC<\/a> revealed on Wednesday that season three of Mike Bartlett\u2019s show will see Suranne Jones<\/a> reprise her award-winning role as Gemma Foster, opposite A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u2018 Bertie Carvel as Simon and Tom Taylor as Tom.<\/p>\n

\n\tMade by Drama Republic for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, the five-part series will begin filming in and around Hertfordshire later this spring.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTen years ago, on discovering her husband Simon was having an affair, Gemma Foster enacted a masterful revenge. But the fallout was devastating when her 15-year-old son Tom disappeared. Now, in series three, Gemma is still a GP, still in the same house, but on the brink of a fresh start: She has met someone new and is getting married,\u201d a plot synopsis reads. \u201cBut as the wedding day draws closer, and friends and family gather, shadows from the past begin to re-emerge, threatening both her happiness and her reputation. As Gemma fights to protect those she loves and expose whoever\u2019s intent on hurting her, will she be able to put the past to bed, dispense justice, and claim the future she deserves, before it is too late\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJones says when she got the call to return as Gemma Foster, she \u201cknew the time was right.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe needed space from the first two series, and we needed Tom \u2014\u00a0Gemma and Simon\u2019s runaway son \u2014 to return as an adult with questions,\u201d said the Gentleman Jack star. \u201cFor me, this time around it\u2019s about accountability and questioning: \u2018Can we ever truly sever ties with our past and the damage or traumas that haunt us, so we can fully move forward?\u2019 Gemma and Simon have so much to unpick\u2026 It\u2019s been an exciting time working with the brilliant Mike Bartlett again, and the team at Drama Republic, on the scripts and now I can\u2019t wait to start filming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWriter, creator and executive producer Bartlett added: \u201cI always hoped that we\u2019d get to tell the final part of Gemma\u2019s story, which is about a woman seeking justice in an unfair world. That feels as relevant now as when Gemma first found a blonde hair on the scarf.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDoctor Foster\u00a0was a U.K. sensation when it aired in 2015 and 2017, with nearly 10 million people watching the finale of series two. It also achieved critical acclaim, with Suranne Jones winning a BAFTA for her performance.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeries three is produced by Drama Republic, a Mediawan Group Company. It will be directed by\u00a0John Hardwick\u00a0(One Day, Buccaneers), with\u00a0Nige Watson\u00a0(Killing Eve, The Assassin)\u00a0as producer. Executive producers are\u00a0Roanna Benn\u00a0and\u00a0Jude Liknaitzky\u00a0(for Drama Republic),\u00a0Mike Bartlett\u00a0and\u00a0Suranne Jones.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe third season of Doctor Foster was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, BBC director of drama. BBC Studios is handling global sales of the series and the format, adapted in 15 territories worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some good news for Doctor Foster fans: The hit drama is set to return for a third and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,161694,96,718,61562,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-445227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-doctor-foster","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-international","12":"tag-suranne-jones","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}